A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 50 % when its source is at a temperature 327 ° C . The temperature of…

A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 50% when its source is at a temperature 327 °C. The temperature of the sink is:
  1. 200 °C
  2. 27 °C
  3. 15 °C
  4. 100 °C

Solution

Efficiency of Carnot engine is given by,

η=1-TsinkTsource⇒50100=1-Tsink327+273 K⇒Tsink=12×600=300 K=300-273 °C=27 °C

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Asked in: NEET 2023 (All India)

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